The shipwas builtat a shipyardin Nikolayevin 1982. Time of its constructionwere inviolentyears of perestroika, which is reflected in thenumerousname changesthe ship.In the projectit was“Soviet Union”lays“Riga”launchable“Leonid Brezhnev”, was testedalready“Tbilisi”. In October 1990,the cruiserwas renamed the4thand last time, becoming the “Admiral Kuznetsov“. In January 1991,the ship wasenrolledinthe Northern Fleet, itraised anaval flag.

Officially,“Admiral Kuznetsov”aircraft carrierwas not the firstof the Soviet Navy. Alreadywentswimming“Minsk”, “Kiev”, “Baku” and“Novorossiysk”. However, the shipsof the previous serieswere carriers ofaircraftverticaltakeoff and landing. In fact, it was the helicopter. Incontrast,in the“Admiral Kuznetsov” aircraftbasedtraditional scheme offixed wing. He was the firstandstillthe onlyfull-fledgedaircraft carrierinthe Russian Navy.

Bosphoruswentsmoothly, and at Gibraltarcruisermetthe Americancarrier battle groups. Yankeesbegan to “put pressure on the psyche“: helicopters andplanes flewover the ship, each time simulatingcombatattack, at the rate of the shipthrewthe bombtraining. Not paying attention tothe maneuvers, “Admiral Kuznetsov”wasnotchangingcourse, but the mood of theofficers and menwasdirty: none of theofficers and mendid not knowwhether all thebombswill beeducational andnotwhether there isanothersetof Americancombataircraft?

The moodimproved whennear thepatrolcruiserappeared“Perky”. True to itsname,he began topatrolto scareAmericanstheirmaneuvers.Batonescortthe Russian shipYankeesgavethe English frigate, and he –Norwegianpatrol. Lastedmore than three weekstransition. December 27“Admiral Kuznetsov”mooredin Severodvinsk.

DestinycarriersinheritedUkraine

InUkrainianmediasagacruiseris stillreferred to astheftRussiansUkrainianship.But the sailorsbelieve that the “Admiral Kuznetsov” was granted awonderful destiny. Just lookhowUkraineorderedto get herwealth.